Wire wrapping tool



Dec. 8, 1931. D. CORNE ET AL 1,835,204

WIRE WRAPPING TOOL File d March 31, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventors @a 4'7 0'1 Cor/2 iifla n ma A Home y Dec. 8, 1931. D. CORNE ET AL WIRE WRAPPING TOOL Filed March 31, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventors CO/W ' A flomey Patented Dec. 8, 1931 1 STATES PATENT OFFICE ms'rm eon-NE AND nonnrs' rnnx. LaivMAN, or omcnnvinnnioiiro a inn WRAPPING moon 1 Application filedjMai-ch 31, 193:1.- Serial No. 526,746.

This invention relates to -toolsof a used zfor wrapping the end of a 'lience wire,

about an intermediate portion or fline portion of the fence wire for securing the wire at i t's rend to a ience post. a

,A primary object ozf this invention is to provide a .tool of "the character above mentioned, which" williacilitate the wrapping und rstood froma study of the following" description taken in connection with the ,accompanying drawings wherein: V

Figure 11 is anieleyational view of one side go of the tool.

Figure2 is a similar view looking .atthe opposite side oat ,the tool.

Figure 3 is 7 an edge elevational view thereof. r v

25 Figure 4 is detail sectional elevational view-taken substantiallyonthe line 4-4; of Figure 2. Figure 5 is a top plan view of the tool.

Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrative so :of the work accomplished by the tool.

With reference more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that the wire wrapping tool comprises a shank 5 at one end extended longitudinally to provide a fixed jaw 16 and 3;? :a shoulder 7 at the inner end of the jaw 6. Cooperative with the jaw 6 is a removable jaw 8 adapted to be disposed opposite to the jaw 6'with the inner end of the jaw 8 engaging the shoulder 7. Suitable dowel 49 means 9 is provided for initially positioning and retaining the aws in operative position with respect to one another and bolt and nut means 10 is additionally provided for rigidly securing the jaws in operative position to 4; -,one another.

Each of the jaws adjacent its outer end is provided with an arcuate notch or recess for accommodating between the jaws the grooved intermediate portion 11 of what may be 59 termed a wrapping spool 12.

sleeve 12 as shown in Figure 4.

Spool 12 is provided with an opening extending thereth-rough for reception of an end portion of a :tube 13 rotatably mountedin the lbore or hole of the spool 12 and provided 1 with alongitud-inally extending groove 14' for accommodating a portion of the intermediate or line part of a fence wire as will be here inafter made manifest. One end of tube 13 projects beyond the corresponding end-of At said one end, spool 12 is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed projections 12a connected by an arcuate member 15-about which is convoluted .a-coil spring 16. One end of the coilspring 16 bears against oneof the projections 12a while the free end of the coil spring bears against a pair of radially projecting relatively spaced fingers 17 provided on the extended end of the tube 13 and straddling the arcuate (See Figures 1 and 3.) a v 1 7 Under action of spring 16, the tube 13 is normally urged to the position shown in 'Figure 1 so that the open longitudinal side of the groove 14 is normally closed by a corresponding portion of the spool 12. v

At its opposite end the wrapping cylin der or spool 12 is provided with a longitudinally extending projection 18 disposed laterally ofzthe.openingor-bore of the spool 12 and undercut as at 19 for accommodating the freeend of the line or fence wire;

The wrapping cylinder 1-2 at the end thereof remote from the projection 18 is provided on a portion of its periphery. with ratchet guide member 15.

by the free end of dog '21:.pivoted as. at=22 r I to-the jaw 6.

In using theo toolyby pressing on'the fin-f line part of the fence wire accommodated between ;the jaws 6 and 8 passes into and-is received vthe groove 14, after which the fingers .17 are released, and the tube 13 rotated relative to the cylinder 12 for-closing the groove 14 so that the tube 13 and cylinder 12 are in therelative position suggested 7 85- teeth 20 adapted to be successively engaged Figure 5. The tool is then moved longitudinally of the line wire toward the fence post, and the free end of the hne wire after being passed about the post is then engaged with the undercut portion 19 of the hook extension 18.

The free end of dog 21 is then moved into engagement with one of the ratchet teeth 21 thus locking the cylinder 12 against rotation relative to the aws. By gripping the shank 5 the tool is then rotated relative to the line wire for a fraction of a revolution, after which, by the use of pliers or like tool engaged with cylinder 12 retains the cylinder- .in the position assumed thereby upon the said rotation of the tool. Dog 21 is then moved out of engagement with a tooth of the ratchet teeth 20 and shank 5 together with the jaws 6 and 8 rotated in an opposite direction relative to the cylinder 12, after which the dog is then moved into engagement with a second one of the teeth 20 so that upon subsequent rotation of the shank and jaws 6 and 7 with the cylinder 12 rotating therewith the cylinder 12 is advanced a further fraction of a revolution.

This operation is continued a sufiicient number of times for ceiling or wrapping the free end A of the fence wire about an intermediate or line portion B of the fence wire. (See Figure 6.)

Even though we have herein shown and de scribed the preferred embodiment of the in vention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of changes, modifications and improvements coming within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a member, a spool rotatably mounted on said member, a tube rotatably mounted in said spool and adapted to accommodate an intermediate portion of a fence wire, yieldable means for normally retaining said tube against rotation, relative to the spool, and means releasably keying said spool to said member for effecting a step by step rotative movement of the spool relative to the fence wire, and said spool at one end provided with means engageable with the free end of the fence wire for wrapping said end about an intermediate portion of the fence wire during step by step rotative movement of said spool.

2. A device for wrapping the end of a fence wire about the intermediate or line portion of the wire, and comprising a shank, a pair of jaws at one end of the shank, a wrapping spool arranged between said jaws, a tube rotatably mounted in said spool and adapted to accommodate an intermediate portion of the fence wire, means for yieldably retaining said tube against relative rotative movement with respect to said spool,

said spool at one end provided with a projection engageable with the free end of the fence wire, ratchet teeth provided on the periphery of said spool, a dog pivotally mounted on one of said jaws and having a free end engageable with said teeth whereby upon rocking movement of said jaws relative to said spool step by step rotation of the spool relative to the fence wire is effected for wrapping the free end of the fence wire about the intermediate portion of the fence wire.

3. A tool of the character described comprising in combination a wrapping cylinder having an axial opening extending therethrough, a longitudinally grooved tube extending through the opening in the spool, a work engaging projection on one end of the spool, an arcuate member supported on an opposite end of the spool, fingers carried by the tube at a corresponding end of the tube, and a spring disposed about the arcuate member and engaged with said fingers for normally urging the tube to rotate in one directtion relative to the spool.

4-. A wire wrapping tool including in combination a pair of separable jaws arranged in opposed relation, an axially bored wrapping spool rotatably supported between the jaws, a wire receiving longitudinally grooved tube extending through the bore of said too], said tube and spool at corresponding ends provided with cooperating means for yieldably retaining the tube against rotation relative to the spool, a wire engaging projection on that end of the spool remote from said last named means, and means for releasably keying the spool to one of said jaws.

tures.

DUSTIN CORNE.

HOLLISTER K. LANMAN.

In testimony whereof we affix our signa- 

